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Chairman of the municipal People's Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong affirmed the interest of the city’s leaders in further strengthening of all-round cooperation between HCM City and localities in Laos. Ho Chi Minh City has supported Laos in many various projects, including upgrading Vientiane-Ho Chi Minh City friendship high school worth US$ 5 million; building financial information center, human resource training, Xieng Khouang Province’s library, former President Kaysone Phomvihane Memorial Museum, Houaphan province’s office building, the cultural center of minority ethnic group in Champasak province. Mr. Khamphanh Phommathat expressed his thanks to the HCM City’s government in enhancing the special relationship and cooperation between the two countries. By THUY VU – Translated by Kim Khanh … [Read more...] about HCM City, Laos enhance bilateral cooperation

A delegation of Ho Chi Minh City visits Vientiane-Ho Chi Minh City friendship high school. Pupils are eager to welcome the city delegation. Accompanying the delegation were Major General Nguyen Truong Thang, member of the Party Central Committee and Commander of Military Region 7; Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Nam, member of the Executive Board of HCMC Party Committee, Commander of the Military Command of Ho Chi Minh City; Deputy Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Ngo Minh Chau and leaders of departments and agencies. At the meeting, the city Party chief pleasured at the visit to Vientiane-HCMC friendship high school, and he extended the best wishes of health and happiness to the teachers and scholars with more achievements on studying and teaching. The high school was established under the initiative of Mr. Nguyen Minh Triet, former Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, former President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and Mr. Thongsing … [Read more...] about High-ranking delegation of HCMC visits Vientiane-HCMC friendship high school

The agency is reviewing the organizational structure, functions and tasks of local industry promotion centers while proposing solutions to enhance local industry promotion activities and policies, and working with related units to plan the 2022 national industry promotion funding allocation. Inspecting and evaluating the implementation of industry promotion projects The Agency for Regional Industry and Trade acts as a bridge with localities to ensure that directives issued by the Ministry of Industry and Trade are strictly and effectively implemented. Last year, the agency closely coordinated with localities to implement the National Industry Promotion Program with a total budget of VND75.641 billion. The program encouraged rural industrial enterprises to modernize production technology gradually, creating products of greater value and competitiveness, which also helped local businesses stabilize production during the pandemic. The ARIT will continue providing … [Read more...] about MoIT agency plays leading role in industry and trade development

The city has supported localities in building large-scale rice farming and encouraged businesses to expand distribution networks in the domestic market and exports. Hanoi is promoting sustainable rice production as a key solution to meet the growing demand for domestic consumption and exports. A delegate of the Hanoi's Department of Agricultural and Rural Development inspects organic farming production at Thach That District. Photo: Anh Ngoc Organic rice farming in Dong Phu Commune, Chuong My District, is considered one of the examples of rice production under the value chain. The Director of the Dong Phu Organic Agricultural Cooperative Trinh Thi Nguyet said from the original area of five hectares, the cooperative has now expanded its production area to 40 hectares. “The entire crop harvested would be later processed and distributed to other provinces/cities, as well as for exports,” Nguyet told The Hanoi Times . According to Nguyet, prices of … [Read more...] about Hanoi promotes sustainable rice production

One-third of the number of large-scale enterprises in Hanoi have invested in high-tech agriculture. Hanoi has been promoting the application of hi-tech models to farming in an effort to build up supply-production chains connecting cities and provinces nationwide. Hanoi has 22 cooperatives applying high technology. Photo: kinhtedothi.vn The capital city has developed 160 hi-tech farming models in the outskirt districts of Me Linh, Gia Lam, Thuong Tin, Dong Anh, Thanh Oai, and Dan Phuong, in which nine enterprises specializing in livestock, aquaculture, preliminary processing - consumption of agricultural products including CP, Dabaco, CJ Vietnam, Minh Long, Hanoi Cattle Breeding JSC, and others are investing in high tech agriculture in the city. Director of the Hanoi Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sub-Department Nguyen Ngoc Son told a conference on May 25 in Hanoi that the situation of livestock and poultry diseases has been complicated and unpredictable … [Read more...] about Hanoi promotes application of hi-tech farming models

The Hanoi government will improve mechanisms and policies to encourage the participation of the private sector in the field of high-tech agriculture. Hanoi needs to remove two barriers of capital and land to attract businesses to invest in high-tech agriculture, according to local media. Applying high-tech in agriculture is inevitable for the capital city’s farming sector, especially in face of the Industrial Revolution 4.0 which has strong impacts on socio-economic life. In order to remove the agricultural development hindrance, the Hanoi government has implemented a number of solutions such as providing businesses, cooperatives, cooperative groups, farms, and households with money from the city's funds for processing and conservation of high-tech agricultural products. Tending hydroponic vegetables at Duc Phat High-tech Agricultural Cooperative (Thanh Tri district). Photo: Ba Hoat In particular, under the Hanoi Agricultural Sector’s restructuring plan … [Read more...] about Hanoi needs to remove barriers to develop high-tech agriculture

Vietnam ICT Summit 2017 is the platform for administrative agencies and IT enterprise community to discuss solutions and strategies with the objective of taking Vietnam to join the industrial revolution 4.0. On September 6, the first theme in the Vietnam ICT Summit 2017 of “Vietnam: Digital Transformation in Industry 4.0” has been discussed. In particular, the Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has given the opening speech at the summit. As such, the Deputy Prime Minister stressed, industrial revolution is more and more influencing various aspects of socio-economic in the world, as well as in Vietnam. This is not only an opportunity for Vietnam to transform, but also poses a potential threat to the country. The Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam gave a speech at the summit. According to the Deputy Prime Minister, in 2017, the global innovation index (GII) of Vietnam has increased 12 places to the 47th rank, thanks to the significant contribution from IT … [Read more...] about Industrial revolution 4.0: Human resources are key

At the meeting with NA deputies in HCMC  (Photo: SGGP) On the afternoon of May 26, the National Assembly discussed in groups the amended Law on Inspection and the amended Law on Medical Examination and Treatment. President Nguyen Xuan Phuc emphasized the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment, suggesting there will be clear regulations on medical examination and treatment for children. According to Mr. Phuc, the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment directly relates to people's health, so it is necessary to fix it. But the President said that the law has not mentioned enough the responsibility of the health sector in medical care for children. The President said that children are the future of the nation and the citizens of tomorrow, so they need to receive good healthcare. In this regard, the current Law on Medical Treatment is outdated and does not keep up with real life. Therefore, this time revised Law must add many provisions related to children's rights. The … [Read more...] about Children must be given priority for health examination: President

Illustrative image. (Photo: SGGP) According to Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Dung, Chairman of Vietnam E-commerce Association (Vecom), in 2021, despite being heavily affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, Vietnam's e-commerce still maintained a good growth momentum with an increase of about 20 percent and a scale of $16 billion. Keeping the growth momentum, Vietnam is now one of the countries with the largest e-commerce market size in the region, besides Indonesia, Thailand, and Malaysia. Vietnam's internet economy in 2021 grew by 31 percent compared to 2020 and reached a scale of $21 billion. Of which, the online retail sector enlarged by 53 percent and touched a scale of $13 billion. There are two waves that have contributed to the steady development of e-commerce in Vietnam in 2020 and 2021 and will be the driving force for the next period. The first wave took place during the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, and the second one from June to September 2021, during the fourth … [Read more...] about Opportunities for e-commerce in Vietnam to boom

Vietnamese students brought home two silver and one bronze medals at the 2022 European Physics Olympiad, the Vietnam Physics Society (VPS) announced on May 25. The five-strong Vietnamese team (C) participating in 2022 European Physics Olympiad (Photo: CTV) Specifically, Nguyen Tuan Phong from the Bac Ninh High School for the Gifted in the northern province of the same name, and Pham Trung Kien from the Tran Phu High School for the Gifted in the northern city of Hai Phong won the silver medals. Meanwhile, the bronze medal was grabbed by Le Thuy Mai Anh from the Ha Long High School for the Gifted in the northern province of Quang Ninh. This year, Vietnam sent five students to the competition, who had been selected by the VPS from those winning prizes at the national physics competition. This year’s competition was held in Slovenia, drawing the participation of 182 contestants from 37 nations. Last year, Vietnamese students brought home one gold and one … [Read more...] about Vietnamese students win three medals at 2022 European Physics Olympiad